Increase; growth; progress; advance.
The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering
Something which is improved
Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
The state of being improved; betterment; advance
The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.
A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.
A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
A cliff or rock outcrop.
A bare rocky place on the side of a hill or mountain.
A permanent negative effect on someone's mind, caused by a traumatic experience.
Any permanent mark resulting from damage.
A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish (family Scaridae).
To mark the skin permanently.
To form a scar.
To affect deeply in a traumatic manner.